Match Day Thread Southampton vs Portugal, 12pm Sunday, 14th February (Amazon Prime)

I think at this stage I’d take wins against Fulham, West Brom, Sheffield United and the FA Cup. Nothing else is necessary .

 

The confidence just drained away after the pen, but if we had gone back in front i'm sure we would've won. The decisions changed everything today.

 

I’ve had it I’m afraid. I gave up after the incompetence of the officials in the Villa and United games. Came back for the cup - but this has finished me off ...... useless officiating and had it happened to a “big club” the media would be all over it like a rash.
When spectators are allowed back, they can have my season ticket. I’m still supporting them but I will not go to any games or watch until they get decent referees and VAR and start applying the rules equally. I’m done with it .....

 

**** me, I so hope Ralph blows his total ****ing tits ar the ref at end. I want full Liam Neeson grabbing the ref by his balls.

 

Yeah it’s been a poor second half but at the end of the day we should be level. Again. That’s a lot of points lost to referees in just a couple of weeks

 

Draw would’ve been a fair result based on the game, both teams utter **** for a half and dominated one half.

 

If the bottom 3 start picking up points we're in trouble. This is our worst run in history, and we're relying on 3 teams being worse than us. I don't think it's good enough personally

 

We have been totally screwed by the officiating again, but I have to say once we go behind it is always game over now, we have absolutely no resilience to fight back and no ability to break down teams sitting on a lead, that’s our biggest problem and most concerning weakness imo.

Also absolutely no urgency e.g the last 15 mins against Newcastle and that throw in just now.

 

We have nearly double the points of 3rd from bottom with over half the season gone.

 

So what's your solution?

 

That’s what annoys me. This ‘record’ of defeats owes more to poor officiating than poor play. That’s really very unjust.

 

The bottom three are **** mate

 

Wolves improved by switching Traore over to work with Neto and we didn’t adapt soon enough. We would have worked it out if that hammer blow of the penalty hadn’t happened. After that it’s been poor but understandable.

Looking forward, Ralph needs to get the team to accept that they’re going to get at least one wild-card randomly **** decision from every ref, and just deal with it.

 

I think that's an easy excuse tbh, we had no where the drive and energy right from the beginning of the second half. As I said to Chilcs it's two separate things in my view.

I said last week that a big issue of ours is that we're quite a weak team. Can be brilliant when it's all going our way but struggle when things start to go against us.

Never felt we'd get back into this as we rarely do dig something out from a poor period/performance.

 

Here he is

 

**** football.
**** the league.
**** those incompetent ****ers.

See you all for the Bournemouth game. I feel like bailing on this ****.

 

Bit like Liverpool's recent losses, then, poor refereeing?

 

We'll get some luck eventually.


That was an entertaining game btw. Game of two halves. Two brilliant goals. One absolute dogshit decision.

 

I'm going to moan on here for a bit, then sulk at home. The Mrs will then accuse me of ruining valentines day and stomp off to bed early. Then I'll probably be back on here late evening still moaning and trying to get people to sign my change.org petition to have Gao barred from the country, and slagging of Ralph